Receptacle-closure.



F. P. WILBUR & E. B. MARSHALL. I

' REGEPTAGLE CLOSURE. APPLICIATION FILED MAY 13, 1907.

Patented Nov. 16,1908.

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UNITED STAKES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS P. WILBUR AND EDER B. IJIARSHALL, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

RECEPTACLE-GLOSURE.

Application filed May 13, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANCIS P. WILBUR and Eonn B. MAnsHALL, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and Stateof VVisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements inReceptacle-Closures, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in closures for woodenreceptacles, and the same is explained by reference to the accompanyingdrawings.

1 is the receptacle, which is provided near its upper end with anannular groove 8,

. which groove is found within the plane of its exterior surface andextends partially through the wall of the receptacle, while the oppositeinterior wall of the receptacle is formed upon the same uniform planethroughout between its upper and lower ends.

2 is a flat receptacle cover, which extends directly across the mouth ofthe receptacle and rests upon the upper edge of the same.

3 is a cover retaining collar, which is angular in cross section. Theupper horizontal member of the collar 3 rests upon the upper surface ofthe cover 2, while the vertical member extends down past the upper endof the receptacle and is adapted, when the cover is in place, to be bentor curved inwardly so as to engage against, the upper Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1909.

Serial No. 373,264.

shoulder 4L of the annular groove 8; whereby the cover 2 is securelyretained in place over the mouth of the receptacle.

The cover retaining collar 3 is preferably formed of a single piece ofsheet metal bentin a circular shape, when its ends are connectedtogether in any convenient manner, preparatory to being put in placeupon the receptacle.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is The combination with a wooden bucket havingan annular groove cut in its outer surface near the upper margin of itsside walls, the said margin being trimmed to provide a cover receivingsurface, a disk shaped cover resting flat upon said margin, and aretaining band having a vertical por tion encircling the upper portionof the bucket and cover, with its lower margin turned abruptly inwardlyand engaging in said groove, and its upper margin turned inwardly atrigh angles to its vertical portion and engaging the upper surface ofthe cover.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

FRANCIS P. YVILBUR. EDER B. MARSHALL.

lVitnesses J AS. B. ERWIN, H. M. SoHULz.

